The Writings of James Madison: 1787. The journal of the Constitutional conventionG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1787 - Constitutional history |
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... less like one having an hereditary interest in his office . He may be bribed by a greater interest to betray his trust ; and no one would say that we ought to expose ourselves to the danger of seeing the first Magistrate in forign pay ...
... less like one having an hereditary interest in his office . He may be bribed by a greater interest to betray his trust ; and no one would say that we ought to expose ourselves to the danger of seeing the first Magistrate in forign pay ...
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... less cogent for pushing them . It may be thought that the people will not be deluded and misled in the latter case . But ex- perience teaches another lesson . The press is indeed a great means of diminishing the evil , yet it is found ...
... less cogent for pushing them . It may be thought that the people will not be deluded and misled in the latter case . But ex- perience teaches another lesson . The press is indeed a great means of diminishing the evil , yet it is found ...
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... less mischievous . It is moreover worthy of consideration that some of the States are averse to any change in their Constitution , and will not take the requisite steps , unless expressly called upon to refer the question to the people ...
... less mischievous . It is moreover worthy of consideration that some of the States are averse to any change in their Constitution , and will not take the requisite steps , unless expressly called upon to refer the question to the people ...
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... less- ening the evil . M : Gov ! Morris was agst a rotation in every case . It formed a political School , in wch we were always governed by the scholars , and not by the Masters . The evils to be guarded agst in this case are . 1. the ...
... less- ening the evil . M : Gov ! Morris was agst a rotation in every case . It formed a political School , in wch we were always governed by the scholars , and not by the Masters . The evils to be guarded agst in this case are . 1. the ...
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... less , and in many instances , unjust & cruel . The delay of settlem had been more the fault of the Public than of the individuals . What will be done with those patriotic Citizens who have lent money , or services or property to their ...
... less , and in many instances , unjust & cruel . The delay of settlem had been more the fault of the Public than of the individuals . What will be done with those patriotic Citizens who have lent money , or services or property to their ...
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Page 435 - If any person guilty of, or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Page 426 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Page 500 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. Section. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Page 438 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each State in the Convention to be less rigid in points of inferior magnitude than might have been otherwise expected.
Page 499 - No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due. Section. 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more...
Page 447 - RESOLVED, That the preceding constitution be laid before the United States in congress assembled ; and that it is the opinion of this convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each state by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Page 438 - That it will meet the full and entire approbation of every state is not perhaps to be expected ; but each will doubtless consider, that had her interest been alone consulted, the consequences might have been particularly disagreeable or injurious to others ; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe ; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish...
Page 107 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Page 486 - No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. 'The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
Page 101 - Whenever the legislative or executive authority or lawful agent of any state in controversy with another shall present a petition to congress stating the matter in question and praying for a hearing, notice thereof shall be given by order of congress to the legislative or executive authority of the other state in controversy, and a day assigned for the appearance of the parties by their lawful agents...